#00a3af

Color #00a3af

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#00a3af

RGB

rgb(0, 163, 175)

HSL

hsl(184.1, 100%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.1, 100%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(61.03, -30.58, -16.27)

LCH

lch(61.03, 34.64, 208.02)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.1113, 204.08)

HWB

hwb(184.1, 0%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af0c00

Analogous

#00af63

#00a3af

#004caf

Triadic

#00a3af

#af00a3

#a3af00

Split-complementary

#00a3af

#af004c

#af6300

Tetradic

#00a3af

#0c00af

#af0c00

#a3af00

Square

#00a3af

#6300af

#af0c00

#4caf00

Shades

Color #00a3af mixed toward black.

#008892

#006d75

#005157

#00363a

#001b1d

Tints

Color #00a3af mixed toward white.

#00d7e7

#20f0ff

#57f4ff

#8ff7ff

#c7fbff

Tones

Color #00a3af mixed toward gray.

#0f96a0

#1d8a92

#2c7d83

#3a7175

#496466

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70ac · ΔE 30.5

Deuteranopia

#685dac · ΔE 35.6

Tritanopia

#25aaa9 · ΔE 5.2

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #00a3af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00a3af]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#00a3af (#00a3af) is rgb(0, 163, 175) in RGB.

No, #00a3af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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